Nicola Pisano

Marble, detail of the Arca on which Nicola worked between 1264 and 1267. The master set out the design of the work, which was to be transformed and added to over the following three centuries (Michelangelo too added candle-bearing angels).

Marble and bronze, height of the figures cm 77. Detail of Nicola's last undertaking, on which he worked with his son Giovanni. The fountain, composed of a double tier of polygonal basins, is adorned with various allegorical figures. (with assistants)

Marble, height cm 85. Detail of a panel adorning the pulpit parapet, 1255-1260.

Marble. Detail of a panel decorating the parapet of the pulpit, 1255-1260.

Marble, detail of a panel adorning the pulpit parapet, 1265-1268.

Marble, detail of a panel adorning the pulpit parapet, 1265-1268.

Marble, detail of a panel adorning the pulpit parapet, 1265-1268.

Marble, height cm 56, details of the pulpit created by Nicola between 1255 and 1260 in which he based this allegory on the figure of Hercules.

Marble, height cm 85, 1255-1260. Detail of one of the panels adorning the five faces of the pulpit parapet.

Marble detail from a panel of the pulpit, 1265-68.

Marble, detail of a panel of the pulpit, 1255-1260.

Marble, height cm 62. Detail of the pulpit, 1265-1268.

Detail of the Arca di San Domenico.

Marble, height cm 153.

Marble, height cm 463. This is the first signed work by the artist comissioned for the Baptistry in 1255 and completed in 1260.

Marble, detail, height cm 132. The Siena pulpit was executed by Nicola between 1265 and 1268 with a group of assistants, including his son Giovanni, Arnolfo di Cambio and others, explicitly named in the contracts.

Marble, height cm 460. 1265-1268.

Stone, detail of one of the colossal figures that once adorned the exterior of the Pisa Baptistery and are now inside the same building. (with Giovanni)